While I agree with the premise, Napo, I think you've oversimplified things.
If I spend x number of hours programming a game, say, and I put it up for sale on a site like Amazon, say, and Joe Schmo comes and buys it, but puts it up on Pirate Bay, and Joe Blow comes and downloads the tracker, that person is not stealing the game exactly, but he is stealing the profits from me, as he would have had to pay for my game were it not for the torrent service.
If I make a product, put it up for sale, and someone takes it without paying for it, I think that's stealing, no matter how big a company I work for.
If I spend x number of hours programming a game, say, and I put it up for sale on a site like Amazon, say, and Joe Schmo comes and buys it, but puts it up on Pirate Bay, and Joe Blow comes and downloads the tracker, that person is not stealing the game exactly, but he is stealing the profits from me, as he would have had to pay for my game were it not for the torrent service.
If I make a product, put it up for sale, and someone takes it without paying for it, I think that's stealing, no matter how big a company I work for.
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